The chemistry of the hydrological cycle in a mountainous beech forest in Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-541

  Michopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Baloutsos, George ^a   Economou, Anastasios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Bulk deposition; Chemistry; Stemflow; Stream water; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ALKALINITY; FOREST; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PH; STEMFLOW; STREAMWATER; THROUGHFALL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LARISSA; MOUNT OSSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

FAGUS;

EID: 33746329896     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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